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While medicines can be an important part of dementia treatment, there are doubts over whether they provide meaningful benefits for patients. As a result, emphasis is being placed on non-pharmacological approaches, some of which have had a transformative impact on the lives of patients with dementia.

It is well known that high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. However, there are lifestyle interventions that pharmacists can encourage patients to implement to reduce this risk.

Measuring patients’ step counts before they receive lung cancer treatment could help predict outcomes, research published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics has suggested.

The scheme for the 2020 election provides for five places on the English Pharmacy Board for Members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in England, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The eligibility criteria are set out below.

The scheme for the 2020 election provides for four places on the Scottish Pharmacy Board for Members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in Scotland. The eligibility criteria are set out below.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Assembly has announced membership fees for 2020. The annual membership subscriptions are detailed in the table below.
Standard feesFeeReduced fee for annual direct debit

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership renewals are now open for 2020.
Continue to be part of your professional body and renew today to ensure you keep receiving all of the benefits membership offers to support your professional development.
Renew now at https://www.rpharms.com/renew or call the RPS on 020 7572 2737 (Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00).

In response to the editorial ‘Community pharmacy referral scheme is not a new concept’ — which suggested that the NHS community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS) is ‘recycled’ from previous minor ailment schemes — it may be helpful to clarify what the service offers ...

With increasing pressures placed on pharmacy professionals, presenteeism — or working when not fit to do so — is becoming more common. This can have detrimental effects on individuals, their families and patients.

The museum treasure in the December 2019 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal — Lydia Pinkham’s ‘vegetable compound’ — and The Scaffolds’ 1960s song ‘Lily the Pink’ reminds me of my visit to the excellent and interesting New Orleans Pharmacy Museum on the site of the original apothecary of the first licensed pharmacist in the United ...